UPDATE: Suspects in Richmond Hill shooting taken into custody

Five suspects police think may have been involved in a shooting in Richmond Hill Wednesday afternoon have been taken into custody by police in Hardeeville, S.C.

Richmond Hill Chief of Police Billy Reynolds said although the suspects had been captured the case was still under investigation.

"We are hoping to tie them to our shooting," he said late Wednesday afternoon.

The shooting occurred just after 2:30 p.m. when a man discovered someone attempting to break into his pickup truck in the parking lot of the Suites at the Station Exchange, a senior living community, just off Ford Avenue in Richmond Hill.

When the man confronted the would-be thief he was shot once. According to RHPD Maj. Mike Albritton the bullet appeared to have stuck him in arm and then the torso.

The suspect, along with three other men, fled the scene in a silver-colored Dodge Charger in the direction of Savannah, witnesses told police.

The victim, an employee of the Suites at the Station Exchange, was transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, via Lifestar helicopter. The 19-year-old man, whose name had not been released by authorities, remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday night Albritton said.

The high-speed chase by authorities ended in the Deer Run apartment complex where the five suspects were arrested without incident in Hardeeville, said Hardeeville Interim Police Chief Sam Woodward.

"Yesterday, we got a call from our dispatch stating that Georgia authorities were chasing a silver Charger from Richmond Hill involved in a shooting," Woodward said. "They stopped at the Georgia line, but a helicopter continued to follow the car."

The Hardeeville P.D. released a K-9 to search the area. A trail was followed to apartment F5 at Deer Run off of Main St.

"We entered the apartment after getting consent from the owner of the apartment and found five suspects there," Woodward said.

Richmond Hill is in the process of getting warrants for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for weapons charges, Woodward said.

All five suspects are being charged with possession of marijuana and one of the suspects is being charged with giving false information to the police, Woodward said. Further investigation is needed to confirm a stolen vehicle.

Amanda Dickey contributed to this story.

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